Chattanooga, TN...Those who know.....Good place to move to or not good?

Great city that has been booming lately. I definitely recommend, love going down there and would move there if my job allowed

I'll highlight a little more from what I said in the other thread.

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Downtown and the Northshore area has been absolutely booming. Downtown has always been big, but Northshore took off while I was in middle/high school. Now, the Southside/Main St. area is experiencing a revitalization effort.

Like I said, there are new restaurants, bars, and attractions every time I return home. They are all unique, and some are a little "hipsterish", but not too bad.

You have tons of outdoor options at your fingertips. It has been voted the #1 climbing city in America, and within the top 3 outdoor city by different magazines. My family has a cabin outside the city on the Hiwassee River, which is a whitewater river with trophy trout fishing.

It's centrally located. You are 2 hours from: ATL, Nashville, Birmingham, and Knoxville.

It has a relatively low cost of living.

You can find crowded suburban neighborhoods, or you can find nice houses tucked away in the woods. Our house is surround by woods on three sides, yet we are only 10 minutes from being Downtown.

I will say this. The public schools aren't that great in Chattanooga. I went to a small private school, and most people I know did as well. There are a few that are pretty good, but for the most part everyone went to private schools. And there are lots of options for private schools.

Just ask any questions you wanna know. As you can tell. I really do love Chattanooga. A lot of people never wanted to return home or didn't wanna be stuck where they were raised. It's opposite with me. It's my home and I wanna settle down there. I love it.

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Chose between Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga. All three were good choices (Nashville ended up being the default because both my wife and I got jobs there out of school). Visit Chattanooga a few times a year for work, great city. As bamafan425 alluded, my only problem with it would be paying for private school when/if you have kids. Only other thing is that it still kinda has a have/have not feel at times (but that may just be me).

Absolutely. Chattanooga is a great city with the perfect size. And if you want to go to a Braves game or a big concert it's only 2 hours or so to Nashville and an hour 40 to ATL.

Beautiful place.

E'erbody loving Chattanooga.

Chattanooga is great, would recommend.

Vacationing there in a couple months. Great city.

The whole Chattanooga area is beautiful. One set of my grandparents are from Soddy Daisy so I'm kind of biased, though. My great-great- grandfather was captured by the Yankees during one of the Battles of Chattanooga.

Chattanooga is the tits. It's basically right in the middle of ATL and Knoxville. Nashville is only about a 2 hour drive from there also. Downtown is full of awesome restaraunts and plenty of fun things to do. I can't wait until I move back.

Great place to start a new small business, the city is very supportive in getting businesses up and running.